History YMMV / LunarTheSilverStar

** Most gamers figure out that Nall is dragon ''long'' before it's actually revealed. In fact many online character guides, including the one here on TV Tropes, don't bother hiding it. And for people who haven't played the game yet, it's practically a case of ItWasHisSled.

* CaptainObviousReveal: The game doesn't even ''try'' to make Luna's real origins a secret. This hits a whole new level with the PSP version's entirely new prologue scene that highlighted the Four Heroes and Althena stopping the previous world-threatening entity [[spoiler: where Althena strongly hints towards a HeroicSacrifice that ultimately causes her reincarnation, sings ''the exact same song'' that Luna does ten minutes later, and Ghaleon is even given a damn TraitorShot in finishing off Eiphel just to foreshadow his BigBad role]]; meanwhile every other version of the game just skips to Alex at Dyne's memorial and leave the player to discover these reveals far, far, ''far'' later.

* {{Narm}}: The entire ActionPrologue for ''Silver Star Harmony'' is such an unabashed ClicheStorm that lays out ''all of the major twists of the game'' that veteran fans can't help but be baffled by its inclusion. The fact that every other JRPG in the span of 1992 to 2005 managed to shift the genre enough that each of the Four Heroes' personalities and attributes were only contributing to the immense anime cheese of the sequence doesn't help.

* EvilIsSexy: Oh, yes. Xenobia is all about this. [[spoiler:Luna gets this treatment, too, and in the remakes Royce and Phacia join in.]] Also, [[spoiler:Ghaleon.]]

* {{Narm}}: The entire ActionPrologue for ''Silver Star Harmony'' is such an unabashed ClicheStorm that lays out ''all of the major twists of the game'' that veteran fans can't help but be baffled by its inclusion. The fact that every other JRPG in the span of 1992 to 2005 managed to [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny shift the genre enough]] that each of the Four Heroes' personalities and attributes were only contributing to the immense anime cheese of the sequence doesn't help.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** It can be rather hard to appreciate Lunar as a whole given how it was actually ''quite'' different back in the day. As it was described by LetsPlay/HCBailly in his LetsPlay of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version:
---> "This was ''high tech stuff'' back in the day!"
** The story and its twists also aren't helped by the industry shifting. Back in 1992 or '98, [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] being the evil BigBad was a big twist, and it was novel for the time because gaming just wasn't used to seeing such a thing. If you looked at that reveal nowadays, [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] is so ObviouslyEvil ''because'' his very physical attributes became a common standard for villains to use, even having tropes on this very site, that PopCultureOsmosis doesn't even have to [[ItWasHisSled reveal the twist]]; the average player will see it from a mile away.

** The Black Dragon can be quite challenging. Especially since the battle occurs fairly late in the game, and all previous boss battles have been quite easy. There are no healers for this fight, and thus no way to heal everyone at once. It can be a struggle to keep everyone at full health one healing item at a time, all while trying to find a free turn to whittle down its generous HP. The black dragon always attacks twice in a row. ''Usually'' its first turn is a non-damaging Blowback, and the second turn is a powerful spell that hits all characters, but not always. It will also just attack two times in a row, leaving everyone critical and one or two characters dead, most likely. And it will frequently get its turn before the characters, which means if its turn came up last the previous round, and first this round, you could be facing four powerful all-character-hitting spells in a row, and certain death. You better hope that's not the case, as there was a fairly lengthy scene before the battle...

* RetroactiveRecognition: Alex's English voice actor in ''The Silver Star'' and ''Silver Star Story Complete'' is Ashley Parker Angel, who would become a famous singer and member of the boy band O-Town.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Alex's English voice actor in ''Silver Star'' and ''Silver Star Story Complete'' is Ashley Parker Angel, who would become a famous singer and member of the boy band O-Town.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Alex's English voice actor in ''Silver Star'' and ''Silver Star Story Complete''& is Ashley Parker Angel, who would become a famous singer and member of the boy band O-Town.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Alex's English voice actor in both the original version of ''Silver Star'' and its ''Complete'' re-release is Ashley Parker Angel, who would become a famous singer and member of the boy band O-Town.

** The iOS version is more similar to the PS1 and Saturn versions, but it has multiple enhancements not seen in other versions. These include improved rendering (being just as, if not better than the Saturn version), widescreen support for non-iPad devices (iPads instead get the original 4:3 presentation as the screens are in 4:3), cloud saves, better quality cutscenes than even the PC port, dual-audio (Japanese or the PSP version's English dub), and multiple soundtracks (either the Saturn or PSP soundtracks). The only flaw is that some PSP features were not brought over, and that the original Working Designs translation is not available as an option due to ExecutiveMeddling.

* PolishedPort: While the localisation of the PSP version is controversial, the PSP version includes enhancements such as widescreen support, quality-of-life features, and an all-new exclusive prologue. Some changes may stray too far from the PS1 and Saturn versions, but it is still an interesting experience.

** While not an absolute disaster, the PS1 version has some visual downgrades compared to the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] Sega Saturn version.
** The [[NoExportForYou Asia-only]] PC port has the best-quality cutscenes (until the release of the PSP and iOS versions), but it is a bug-riddled port with even more visual downgrades than the PS1 version and worse audio.

** The iOS version is more similar to the PS1 and Saturn versions, but it has multiple enhancements not seen in other versions. These include improved rendering (being just as, if not better than the Saturn version), ultrawide support for certain iPhone models, cloud saves, better quality cutscenes than even the PC port, dual-audio (Japanese or the PSP version's English dub), and multiple soundtracks (either the Saturn or PSP soundtracks). The only flaw is that some PSP features were not brought over, and that the original Working Designs translation is not available as an option due to ExecutiveMeddling.

--> "This was ''high tech stuff'' back in the day!"

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It can be rather hard to appreciate Lunar as a whole given how it was actually ''quite'' different back in the day. As it was described by LetsPlay/HCBailly in his LetsPlay of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version: